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Coaches
2011 Elk River Football Coaches
Steve Hamilton is beginning his 1st season as the head football coach at Elk River High School. Coach Hamilton will also be teaching Social Studies at Elk River High School. Prior to arriving at Elk River, Coach Hamilton spent the last four seasons as the head football coach at Woodland High School in Cartersville, Georgia. While there his teams accumulated the second most wins in school history, and broke several offensive records. Before taking over at Woodland, Coach Hamilton was the head football coach at Carlson High School in Gibraltar, Michigan. In his six seasons at Carlson, Coach Hamilton’s teams broke the school records for scoring defense, scoring offense, points in a game, wins in a season, playoff victories, along with several other school records. Due to the success of the team, Coach Hamilton was selected as the Downriver Coach of the Year, and the Monroe County Coach of the Year. Coach Hamilton began his head coaching career by spending three seasons as the head coach at Bad Axe High School in Bad Axe, Michigan. In his three seasons the team made the playoffs for the first time in 20 seasons, and he was selected as Huron County Coach of the Year. Steve is married to Stephanie, a first grade teacher at Hassan Elementary School. They have two daughters, Ella 3 and Sophia 1.
Mike Breyen – Varsity Running Backs Coach
Mike begins his 19th year coaching in the Elk River Football program. He is the Varsity Running Backs Coach and will coordinate the Specials Teams for the varsity as well coordinate the Strength program for the Elks. Mike is a proud graduate of Elk River High School (1986) where he was a 2-year letter winner in both football and baseball. He was named team captain and to the All-Conference teams in both sports in his senior year. Mike was the MVP of the football team his senior year. Mike attended Hamline University in St. Paul and earned a BA in Physical Education in 1991. He was a four-year letter winner in football and was named team captain his senior year. After graduating from Hamline, Mike attended St. Cloud State where he received a Special Education Licensure as well as his Masters in Special Education. After teaching 15 years at VandenBerge Middle School, Mike begins his second year at Elk River High School teaching Physical Education. Mike is married to Julie, a World History teacher at Zimmerman Middle/High School. They are the proud parents of two girls, Johanna 8 years old and Kaylyn 5 years old, and Bella their dog.
John Pink – Varsity Quarterback Coach
John begins his fourth year as an assistant coach for the Elks. He is a 1988 graduate of Tartan High School in Oakdale. In high school he was a 3 year letter winner, captain and all-conference in Football, Basketball, Baseball and Track. John attended Normandale Community College and Moorhead State where he played quarterback. He received his B.S. degree in Social Services from the University of Minnesota in 1992. After graduating from college, John went on to play 2 years of minor league baseball. John is happily married to his wife Sandi. They have two children, Trent 12 years old and Grace eight years old and Nike the cat.
John Budreau is native to the Elk River / Zimmerman area, graduated from Princeton High School in 1987. This will be his 6th season coaching varsity football he joins us after spending 4 seasons with Zimmerman High School as their Offensive Coordinator. John is self employee and is married to Anita, they have 3 children Kayla 19 years old, Colton 15 years old and Tucker 11 years old.
Brad Olsen – Varsity Defensive and Inside Linebacker Coach
This will be Brad’s 12th year here at Elk River. He was raised here in Elk River and is proud to be a graduate of such a wonderful community. He was a member of the 1989 and 1990 state tournament teams. His senior season he played outside linebacker for the state runner-up Elks. He was also a wrestler for the Elks in which he earned a trip to state. Brad attended Southwest State University for two years. He wrestled for the Mustangs and was a national qualifier. In his third year he hung up the singlet and transferred to St. Cloud State to focus on his education. Brad earned a B.S. degree in social studies in 1997. Brad is married to Angela. They have two daughters named Amelia and Sadie. Brad and his family look forward to many more years here in "Elk Country."He is definitely proud to be an Elk!
Rick begins his third year with Elk River as a physical education teacher at Salk Middle School and as the Varsity Defensive Line Coach. He grew up in Arlington Heights, IL, where he played football at Buffalo Grove High School. Rick attended Trinity International University in Deerfield, IL where he met his wife Andrea and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in physical education and social science. He was a defensive end for the football team and played both football and volleyball at Trinity. Rick and Andrea moved to Minnesota in 2004, but they are still White Sox fans! The Michalak’s have two wonderful children, Ryan (3) and Meghan (1.5).
Chad Bladwin – Varsity Offensive Linebacker & Special Teams Coach
Chad Baldwin is in his first season with the Elks. He is the Special Teams Coordinator and is coaching outside linebackers for the varsity. Chad played High School Football in Monticello, where he was 2 time All-Conference, Co-Captain, All-State and started in the State High School All-Star Game. In College he played for the Central Lakes College Raiders and the Valley City State Vikings. He received Co-Captain and All-Conference Honors. He played Semi-Professional Football Player for the Central Minnesota Thunderbirds and retired as a player in 2000. Chad earned his BS Degree from Valley City State University and MS Degree from St. Cloud State University Chad and his wife Angela currently live in St. Michael with their twin children Colton and Taylor. They own and operate a Fitness and Wellness company.
Mark Leland – Varsity Corners Coach
This will be Mark’s sixth year teaching Health and Physical Education at VandenBerge Middle school and his sixth year on staff as a varsity defensive back coach. Mark is a 1999 graduate of Elk River High School where he was a two-sport athlete. He earned 3 letters in football and basketball playing for the Elks. After high school Mark attended UW-River Falls where he also played football. He earned his B.S. degree in Physical Education and Health graduating in 2005. Mark is married to Heidi who is also in education and coaching. They have two children. Their daughter Annabelle is 4 and their son Cooper turned 2 in May.
Dan Kohler – Varsity Safeties Coach
Daniel Kohler begins his fifth year as assistant coach for the Elks. In his first year he coached at the freshman level as the defensive coordinator. Before coming on the staff Kohler spent four years at Jamestown College in North Dakota, where he played strong and free safety for the Jimmies helping his team to back-to-back national playoffs. He graduated with a business management & accounting degree. He went to Elk River High School from 2000 to 2003, where he played football and baseball for the Elks. Dan was married to Danielle Yunto in May 2011.
2011 Sophmore Coaches
Aaron Osterman – Sophomore Head Coach Sophomore & Freshman Running Backs Coach
Aaron Osterman is a native of the Elk River area. He grew up in Zimmerman and graduated from Elk River High School in 1990. Coach Osterman also was a three-sport letter winner in football, basketball, and baseball for the Elks. After high school he attended the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus where he lettered for three years playing for the Gophers in football and one year for basketball. Aaron is a member of the Elk River High School Sports hall of fame. Since his college days, he has been a coach here at Elk River High School for football and basketball. This is Mr. Osterman’s 12th year of teaching. He is currently teaching 10th grade biology here at the high school. Aaron is married to wife, Janette, and they have three children, Cade, who is 6 years old, Lillian, who is 4 years old, Ava, who is 3 years old and Trey who is a year.
Chad Westberg – Sophomore & Freshman Offensive Line Coach
Chad is coaching the sophomore offensive line in his first year at Elk River High School. He has previously coached at Rosemount and Spectrum High Schools. Chad was captain, all-conference, and three time letter winner in football at Rochester John Marshall High School. He graduated from Drake University in Des Moines, IA where he played football and majored in Biology with a minor in Chemistry. He received his master’s degree in Plant Biology from the University of Minnesota. Chad is CEO of Jera Farms LLC. His wife, Sarah, is a professor of pharmacy at the University of Minnesota. His children, Owen and Siri, are ages 5 and 2 respectively. Chad and Sarah are expecting their third child soon.
Tyler Hemmesch – Sophomore Defensive Coordinator Inside Linebacker Coach
Tyler graduated from Elk River High School in 2007. Tyler played Football for the Elks in 2004, 2005 and 2006. He was Captain of the 2005, and 2006 team. Tyler Wrestled in college at North Dakota State University. He is currently selling Insurance in Elk River, and Coaching both Football and Wrestling. Tyler was recently engaged to Madeleine Poce of Elk River.
Randy Zieba – Sophomore & Freshman Defensive Backs Coach
Randy played at Cambridge High School. He than played college football at Brainerd Community College. He coached girls basketball. He coached Baseball. He helped coached strength and speed this summer. He is married to Tracy. They have four kids, Jake(16), Madi(12), Emma(11) and Ryan(6).
2011 Freshman Coaches
Phil Johnson – Freshmen Head Coach Sophomore & Freshman Quarterbacks Coach
Phil has been with the Elks Football Staff for the past 23 years, the last 3 as the Freshman Head Coach. A graduate of Elk River High School, Phil was a three-sport letter winner in football, basketball and baseball. He graduated from St. John’s University with a degree in Natural Science, and played football and baseball. He received his master’s degree from Hamline University. Phil teaches Wildlife Biology at ERHS. His wife, Teri, is a Para-Professional in Special Ed. at Zimmerman Elementary School. Their son, Matt teaches Physical Education at Hassan Elementary. Their Daughter, Jenna, lives in Zimmerman and is employed with Extension Media of San Francisco, California. Phil, along with his father Mag (ERHS ’31), were inducted into the 2007 ERHS Hall of Fame.
Josh Krois – Sophomore & Freshmen Offensive Line Coach
Josh played for Elk River 2001 and 2002 seasons, he started both years at center. Josh continued playing 4 years of Football with University of Minnesota Morris from 2003-2006, he played center and right guard, where he graduated in 2008 with a degree in Geology. Josh Student Coached in 2007 at University of Minnesota Morris. He was the 2009 Offensive line coach at Spectrum/PACT high school.
Marvin Johnson Jr. – Freshman Defensive Coach / Sophomore Defensive Line Coach
This will be his 9th year on the Elks coaching staff. Along with his wife, Terri, they have been involved in Elk River Football program since 1999 when their son, Corey Almer, began playing for the Elks (graduated in 2003) and also coached for the Elks. In 2011 he will coordinate the defense for the Freshman Team, along as coaching the DL. During the day he is the Rec/Athletic Supervisor & Facilities Scheduling Coordinator for the Anoka-Hennepin Community Education Department. Lastly, he is also the Head 9th Grade Baseball Coach at Rogers High School.
David Ahmed – Sophomore & Freshman Outside Linebacker Coach
David Ahmed is entering his first season as a coach in Elk River. He was a middle school football coach in 2010 and also coached football in Great Falls, MT for 2 years. David was born and raised in Conrad, MT. He was active in sports throughout his high school career, and received numerous honors such as being named to the all-state team, and he also participated in the all-star game.
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